Shaft [Soundtrack]

Track Listings

1. Theme From Shaft [Vocal Version]

2. Bumpy's Lament

3. Walk From Regio's

4. Ellie's Love Theme

5. Shaft's Cab Ride

6. Cafe Regio's

7. Early Sunday Morning

8. Be Yourself

9. Friend's Place

10. Soulsville [Vocal Version]

11. No Name Bar

12. Bumpy's Blues

13. Shaft Strikes Again

14. Do Your Thing [Vocals]

15. End Theme

16. Video, Biography, and Pictures [Multimedia Track]

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
The "Theme from Shaft" is now so ingrained in popular consciousness as the blaxploitation-movie track that it's hard to listen to it without a faint smirk. ("Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?"!!) But if you can get past the inadvertent humor, it's still a devilishly exciting piece of music--all hi-hat 16ths, wah-wah guitar, strings, and woodwind, like a Norman Whitfield Motown production taken to a baroque extreme. The rest of the album consists mainly of incidental mood music of no great worth: "Walk from Regio's," "Ellie's Love Theme"--you know the sort of thing. Only two other tracks feature the Black Moses pipes, while the endless "Do Your Thing" takes its place in the catalog of Hayes epics that began with Hot Buttered Soul. --Barney Hoskyns

Product Description
Of the many wonderful blaxpoitation soundtracks to emerge during the early '70s, Shaft certainly deserves mention as not only one of the most lasting but also one of the most successful. Isaac Hayes was undoubtedly one of the era's most accomplished soul artists. With the Theme From Shaft, Hayes delivered an anthem just as ambitious and revered as the film itself, a song that has only grown more treasured over the years, after having been an enormously popular hit at the time of its release. Soulsville operates effectively as the sort of down-tempo ballad Hayes was most known for, just as the almost 20-minute Do Your Thing showcased just how impressive the Bar-Keys had become, stretching the song to unseen limits with their inventive, funky jamming. This CD features cinematic moments of instrumentation, composed and produced by Hayes while being performed by the Bar-Kays - some down-tempo, others quite jazzy. A Stax records

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Shaft [Soundtrack]

Tracks:

Theme From Shaft (Vocal)
Bumpy's Lament
Walk From Regio's
Ellie's Love Theme
Shaft's Cab Ride
Cafe Regio's
Early Sunday Morning
Be Yourself
A Friend's Place
Soulsville (Vocal)
No Name Bar
Bumpy's Blues
Shaft Strikes Again
Do Your Thing (Vocal)
The End Theme

Amazon.com

The "Theme from Shaft" is now so ingrained in popular consciousness as the blaxploitation-movie track that it's hard to listen to it without a faint smirk. ("Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks?"!!) But if you can get past the inadvertent humor, it's still a devilishly exciting piece of music--all hi-hat 16ths, wah-wah guitar, strings, and woodwind, like a Norman Whitfield Motown production taken to a baroque extreme. The rest of the album consists mainly of incidental mood music of no great worth: "Walk from Regio's," "Ellie's Love Theme"--you know the sort of thing. Only two other tracks feature the Black Moses pipes, while the endless "Do Your Thing" takes its place in the catalog of Hayes epics that began with Hot Buttered Soul. --Barney Hoskyns

Album Description

Of the many wonderful blaxpoitation soundtracks to emerge during the early '70s, Shaft certainly deserves mention as not only one of the most lasting but also one of the most successful. Isaac Hayes was undoubtedly one of the era's most accomplished soul artists. With the Theme From Shaft, Hayes delivered an anthem just as ambitious and revered as the film itself, a song that has only grown more treasured over the years, after having been an enormously popular hit at the time of its release. Soulsville operates effectively as the sort of down-tempo ballad Hayes was most known for, just as the almost 20-minute Do Your Thing showcased just how impressive the Bar-Keys had become, stretching the song to unseen limits with their inventive, funky jamming. This CD features cinematic moments of instrumentation, composed and produced by Hayes while being performed by the Bar-Kays - some down-tempo, others quite jazzy. A Stax records

Customer Reviews:

A Groovy Soundtrack album for a groovy movie!!.......2005-12-31

This Shaft soundtrack album from 1971 is obviously one of the best selling albums ever in the history of American music (and, I believe, one of the best selling albums released by Stax Records back then). This title made Isaac Hayes (aka "Black Moses") a mega superstar upon its release, due to the title theme, which is the first track on this album. It has an unforgettable intro sound, and the song lasts for barely over four and a half minutes, with Isaac's vocals lasting only for about one minute (or slightly more) halfway through the song. He only sang on three of the songs on this album (the title theme, "Soulsville", and "Do Your Thing"), with the remaining twelve songs being instrumental incidental music from the movie. Some of the other songs on this album are quite good. "Bumpy's Lament", "Shaft's Cab Ride" (which only lasts barely over one minute), "Ellie's Love Theme" (with its soft, easy listening sound that sounds like a song to slow dance to), "Soulsville" (this one containing a sax), "Early Sunday Morning", "Shaft Strikes Again", and the funky track, "Do Your Thing" (which is the longest song on the soundtrack album, clocking in at almost 20 minutes) (!!) and "The End Theme", which is almost two minutes long, playing at the closing credits of the movie. This is the album to get. I first heard the "Shaft" theme years ago when I was little (on a 45 that my mother had years before, not on the soundtrack album), and I consider it the first Stax recording that I listened to. I got the movie for my 24th birthday (in April, '04), and really liked it a lot. Before I got the movie for my birthday that year, I had never seen it ever on TV; not even on the Encore channel! I only knew the title theme and some of those other songs that I mentioned before I got the movie. It is really incredible and quite enjoyable. I highly recommend seeing the movie and getting this album, if you have not already done so. Very groovy! Kudos to Isaac Hayes for his wonderful voice and a good job that he did singing on this album!

But,,I'm talking about Shaft.......2004-11-13

One of the best soundtracks to come out of the 70s, if not the best was Isaac Hayes'Shaft' soundtrack.With the academy award winning 'Theme from Shaft'.I still remember seeing him performing the song at the awards show on tv. Isaac Hayes recorded Shaft during his best creative years.So what makes Shaft so special? Well to answer wy own question.Shaft is a blend of funk,smooth jazz (before it was called smooth jazz) soul and rhythm & blues.And it all comes together to produced the Isaac Hayes sound.Very few artist have manage to bring together both film and sound like Isaac Hayes did with the Shaft soundtrack.You find yourself enjoying the music just as much as the movie.Before Shaft Isaac Hayes was best known for working his magic with other people's material like 'Buy The Time I Get To Phoenix,Our Day Will Come and The Look Of Love etc,etc,etc.But Shaft if I'm not mistaking was Isaac Hayes first whole album of his own original music.And he rose to the challenge.I think Shaft gave Mr.Hayes an opportunity to record songs that weren't a part of his normal routine.And this gave us songs like Ellie's Love Theme,Early Sunday Morning and Shaft Strikes Again.Just to name a few on this great album.So thanks to Shaft we got to hear these gems.Yes Shaft is a fantastic soundtrack it's Isaac Hayes at his best and I highly recomment it.After thirty-five years the music still sounds good.The only downside to the album to me is the length of Do Your Thing.Why so long? I don't know why Isaac Hayes made it so long.Maybe he needed to fill in some space.Well I guess I'll go and watch the movie Shaft on my DVD player now.

Ikes a bad mutha-.......2004-01-18

By 1971 Ike was a big name in the R&B world. On his 1969 debut `Hot Buttered Soul' he had changed the game with his genius and innovation. However his two follow up albums had only shown flashes of the brilliance he flaunted so effortlessly on his debut.

Nevertheless much like Curtis Mayfield with `Superfly', being recruited to provide a film score (In this case Richard Roundtrees awesome Shaft) seemed to unlock the door to a hidden world of inspiration inside Ike's mind.

Everybody knows the distinctive and tongue in cheek title theme which these days seems to epitomise everything 70s. The remainder of the album is largely scene-related instrumentals and mood music that never stops being pleasing on the ear. The other two vocal cuts are the jazzy `Soulsville' and the mammoth `Do Your Thing'. In its 3 minute radio edit form `Do Your Thing' is a classic hard fonk number, however, the album version is dragged out to no less than twenty minutes(!), largely by an overly long electric guitar solo. Whereas previous extra length songs by Hayes had justified every second of their playing time, for once Ike seems to be doing it purely for the sake of it. Still it's a good tune and other than that its difficult to find fault with this album, which was a major hit and sealed Ike's name in history forever.

One of those Must Own type records.

Nothing Better!!.......2003-12-08

Simply put, the greatest movie soundtrack of all time. No other soundtrack has seemlessly tied together a storyline, mood and the time it was released. It's a lyrical painting of urban America in the 70s. And the opening cymbal/wah-wah guitar combo has NEVER been matched. Think about it. What other classic is immediately recognizable within the first five or ten seconds?? I'm a white, suburban, 42-year-old guy who grew up on great music like this. I just wish American youth (white and black) would be more exposed to guys like Issac Hayes, Curtis Mayfield, Marvin Gaye and Al Green instead of the hip-hop garbage that passes today as urban/soul. They could learn a thing or two about arrangements and composition too!!

A Classic Soundtrack.......2003-11-30

And just a classic recording, period. I love every track. My favorite track has to be "Soulsville". I have listened to this recording all the way through three or 4 times in succession. That's how good it is.

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Not As Bad As The Movie Was (3.5 Stars)
If You Saw Me On Church On Sunday You Can Tell...
Hit- CD, every song's just great!
Donell Saves The Day
The Coolest Soundtrack

Music From And Inspired By Shaft
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ASIN: B00004TDXT
Release Date: 2000-06-13

Tracks:

Shaft: Theme - Isaac Hayes
Bad Man - R. Kelly
Up And Outta Here - R. Kelly
Do What I Gotta Do - Donell Jones
Rock Wit U - Alicia Keys
We Servin' - Big Gipp
Tough Guy - Outkast
2 Glock 9's - T.I.P.
Summer Rain - Carl Thomas
Automatic - Sleepy Brown
Pimp Sh*t - Too Short
Cheatin' - Liberty City
Fix Me - Parle
How You Want It? - Mil
Ain't Gonna See Tomorrow - Mystikal
My Lovin' Will Give You Something - Angie Stone
Serenata Negra - Fulanito

Amazon.com

"Who is the man that would risk his life for his brother man?" Why, the same man who nearly 30 years later is brought to life by Samuel L. Jackson in John Singleton's remake of the 1971 classic. That's private eye John Shaft--any questions? Isaac Hayes won an Oscar for the original movie's theme and that double-album soundtrack remains an essential of its genre. It's a tall order to fill those flatfoot shoes, but there's plenty of fine soul music here to go around. R. Kelly scrubs away the varnish of modern R&B with two compelling old-school grooves, "Bad Man" and "Up and Outta Here." Donell Jones, Alicia Keys, Carl Thomas, and Angie Stone also ride out the early 1970s R&B vibe with lush strings and funky guitars backlighting the romantic mood. It's not all nostalgia, however. Big Gipp (featuring Goodie Mob), OutKast, Sleepy Brown, and others represent today's hip-hop laced with a healthy nod to the days of Philly Soul, Gamble and Huff-style. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews:

Not As Bad As The Movie Was (3.5 Stars).......2004-10-05

The opening track to this soundtrack is the wonderful "Theme From Shaft" by the legendary Isaac Hayes. All similarities with the original soundtrack end there. I mean that in a good way though. This soundtrack has a feel of its own. It starts off strong, but it doesn't finish very well. The first track is followed up by two songs from R. Kelly with "Bad Man" being the better of the two. Even though I'm not the biggest Alicia Keys fan, I have to admit that she does an wonderful job on the sexy "Rock Wit U". Big Gipp comes through and drops the tight "We Servin'". There's more DF music to be found from the Outkast collaboration with UGK on the incredibly funky "Tough Guy" (which Andre totally rips) and the amazing "Automatic" from the underrated Sleepy Brown which also features Backbone and Big Rube. Carl Thomas contributes "Summer Rain" which can also be found on his own album. And "Ain't Gonna See Tomorrow" is a pretty good contribution from Mystikal.

There are a few mistakes to be found on this album though. Tracks like "Fix Me", "Pimp Sh*t", "How You Want It?", and "Cheatin" could have been left off of this album and I don't think anyone would have even noticed. There weren't necessarily bad songs, but they were definitely skippable. Donell Jones' contribution (Do What I Gotta Do) was somewhat predictable and boring. The same could be said about Angie Stone's song too. And the duet of T.I. (known as T.I.P. on this album) and Beanie Sigel (Two Glock 9's) mixes about as well as oil and water. And "Serenata Negra" from Fulanito seems VERY out of place on this soundtrack. I'd have to say that the negatives all end there.

Overall, I'd have to say that this soundtrack is pretty solid. It's not as fluid as its predecessor, but it's funky and fun in its own right. This was a great soundtrack in an era of cookie cutter soundtracks that accompany most "black" movies. I'd reccomend getting this album if you don't have these albums already. The good songs on this album definitely make it worth the money.

Standout Tracks: Bad Man - R. Kelly, We Servin' - Big Gipp, Automatic - Sleepy Brown feat. Backbone & Big Rube, Rock Wit U - Alicia Keys, Tough Guy - Outkast feat. UGK, and Summer Rain - Carl Thomas

If You Saw Me On Church On Sunday You Can Tell..........2001-10-09

That This is the best soundtrack released for a very long time! Featurings such great artists as Donnell Jones, Carl Thomas, Liberty City and of course Isaac Hayes. The old school groove is really great without sounding dated.

But the shining moment for me is R Kelly's song "Up and Outta Here". It is in the same league as "I Believe I Can Fly". Here is an artist who really puts an effort in his soundtrack work. Anyone who has heard "I Believe I Can Fly", "Gotham City", "Take My Time Tonight" and "Freak Me" will know that R Kelly is at his best on soundtracks.

Hit- CD, every song's just great!.......2000-10-02

Mostly Soundtrack- Compilations aren't very good. That's because most of the artists don't work as hard for a Soundtrack as for their albums. But sometimes there's a light that shines through the fog. For me the new Shaft- Soundtrack is that light. Since I have it I listened so many times to it that I can't count it. The CD contains the best song of Mystikal and I find that Parlé sang one of the most beautyful r&b- songs ever made. R. Kelly gave all of his skills and created two wonderful old school- ballads. It seems like almost half of the artists really tried hard to keep their songs old school and respect so the original, like Alicia Keys, Angie Stone, Big Gipp, Outkast and many others. This album is superior.

Donell Saves The Day.......2000-07-30

I honestly don't think much of the soundtrack but it does showcase the immensely talented and smooth Donell Jones. This is one of the most slept on artists in the industry. Do what I gotta do is one of the best tracks that I've heard in a long, long time. Pick up the Where I wanna Be cd because is R and B with a bit of an edge.

The Coolest Soundtrack.......2000-07-12

so far this year. I am really feeling the R. Kelly, the Donell Jones, and the Carl Thomas. And they absolutely HAD to put Isaac Hayes in there. This soundtrack is great.

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A Soundtrack Better Than The Movie - A Sonic Masterpiece

Shaft
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Manufacturer: Stax
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ASIN: B0000YTP84
Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

Theme from Shaft [Vocal Version]
Bumpy's Lament
Walk from Regio's
Ellie's Love Theme
Shaft's Cab Ride
Cafe Regio's
Early Sunday Morning
Be Yourself
Friend's Place
Soulsville [Vocal Version]
No Name Bar
Bumpy's Blues
Shaft Strikes Again
Do Your Thing [Vocal Version]
End Theme

Customer Reviews:

A Soundtrack Better Than The Movie - A Sonic Masterpiece.......2004-07-25

It's not often that a movie soundtrack surpasses the film for which it is created. Too often today, soundtracks are simply slapped-together compilations of songs by various artists that don't flow well as albums. However, this soundtrack from the early '70s is an exception to that rule.

Those who only know Isaac Hayes as the voice of Chef on South Park are missing out on one of the true giants of early 70s soul/jazz/pop/rock music. His recordings for Stax are legendary, but perhaps nothing he did is more well known than The Theme From Shaft. With the Bar-Kays and The Movement laying killer grooves, the music here breaks all the rules and can't be pigeonholed - tough, gritty street music that is as smooth as satin at the same time.

A lot of care was taken in the original recording, and that shines through on this SACD. From the high-hat and wah-wah guitar riff that opens the CD, you know that you are in for a sonic treat. The whole CD is full of surprises, both musically & sonically. George Horn did a terrific mastering job on this and the warmth and detail of all the instruments here is breathtaking.

This is an incredible version of a classic recording!!

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A piece of history
A BIG disappointment!

New York New York
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A piece of history.......2006-06-03

Many of the songs on this recording are not available in sheet music, and although the sound quality isn't "leading edge" it makes me feel as though I am listening to actual performers back in the 30's & 40's, with young and gifted singers like Frank Sinatra, Jo Stafford, and Mel Torme, as well as others who are nameless or unknown to me on this album, and a delight to listen to. Manhattan Tower is why I bought this CD, and I got so much more from it than I bargained for. The illusion I have when I play it is that I am a young jazz artist in New York, feeling the pulse of the city and filling up with everything about being a part of New York.

A BIG disappointment!.......2004-08-19

I bought this CD for the Slaughter on Tenth Avenue soundtrack ballet by Richard Rodgers and Lennie Hayton. But none of the tracks on this CD can be appreciated. It is a mono recording, and that immediately leaves you with a very incomplete sound. No amount of treble and bass adjustment can eliminate the awful tinny sound throughout the disc.

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A great idea, but incomplete
Excellent. The best of this style.

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ASIN: B000003CX1
Release Date: 2002-10-22

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From Russia With Love
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Customer Reviews:

A great idea, but incomplete.......2000-10-26

Erich Kunzel plays the Bond themes? What a great idea! In addition, there are a few more selections in the same vein, like the cops-n-robbers TV medley, music from The Untouchables, Lethal Weapon, Beverly Hills Cop, etc.

Sometimes, you want to listen to the 007 music in instrumental only, and Kunzel and the Cincinatti Pops do a good job with the arrangements. But where are the rest of the songs? Missing are three of my all-time favorites, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker. I think the album would be better with 'more Bond, less other.' We certainly don't need TWO selections from Dick Tracy. And the theme from Darkman is stylistically quite similar to Dick Tracy; nothing is gained by playing both. Don't get me wrong; I like Danny Elfman (check out his "Beetlejuice" theme on Kunzel's 'Great Fantasy Adventure Album'). I just wanted to hear all my fave Bond pieces on the one CD.

Still, it's a keeper.

Excellent. The best of this style........1999-02-15

All I can say is listen to the Trumpet solo on goldfinger. The best

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The other essential Herrmann CD

Great Film Music

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Release Date: 1996-05-14

Tracks:

Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Mountain Top And Sunrise
Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Prelude
Journey To The Center Of The Earth: The Grotto
Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Salt Slides
Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Atlantis
Journey To The Center Of The Earth: The Giant Chameleon And The Fight
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The Seventh Voyage Of Sinbad: The Duel With The Skeleton
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The Day The Earth Stood Still: Gort
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The Day The Earth Stood Still: Farewell And Finale
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Gulliver's Travels: Minuetto-Wapping
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Gulliver's Travels: Victory 1&2
Gulliver's Travels: Escape
Gulliver's Travels: The King's March
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Gulliver's Travels: Lovers
Gulliver's Travels: The Chess Game
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Captured on this one disc are the great film scores Bernard Herrmann did for several classic science fiction films of the '50s and '60s. Herrmann did not go in for simple atmospherics and cheap orchestral tricks with his music. He knew that the music would have to conjure a mental world all its own. This is especially true in "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad". It's a tone poem Rimsky-Korsakov could have written. The best here is "The Day the Earth Stood Still" with its use of the (then) revolutionary theremin. It's a clear masterpiece, all on its own. --Paul Cook

Customer Reviews:

The other essential Herrmann CD.......2004-08-25

I like to think of this CD as being the "Forbidden Planet" of film scores CDs -- technically marvelous, consistently enthralling on an emotional and mental level, and way ahead of its time.

Unfortunately it is not available as I write this. Last time I visited this Amazon site, there was one CD for sale for almost $60. You'll have to make up your own mind if this music is worth that much to you. I made my choice long ago to own this and keep it in my library, conceivably forever.

With five film scores, 35 tracks and 72 minutes of the most high grade science fiction music, this CD should be considered the definitive source for Bernard Herrmann's non-Hitchcock film scores. Not only did he conduct the National Philharmonic Orchestra in these recordings, the composer approved of the Phase 4 recording and mixing. It is, as the notes say, a unique listening experience.

I have found this CD to be a constant source of imagination, vision and scope in film music that still has no peer 30 years after its production. The opening sequence to "Journey To The Center of the Earth" is better than it ever was in the theater, where the music was a hackneyed backdrop to an incredilbe film. In this CD, the music dwarfs the film action.

My favorite sequence in this issue is Herrmann's work for the Ray Bradbury novella "Fahrenheit 451", which was recast in some minds recently when "Fahrenheit 911" appeared in theaters throughout the country.

Every bit of the miracle of that little film is projected through this eerily wonderful music, which seems to comprise a world of its own. The sections help recall Sontag's first trip on the fire engine, the bedroom fire and the finale.

The lengthiest tract on this disk is the near 27 minute set from the film "Gulliver's Travels". I've never seen the movie but will attest that the music is out of this world in a very British way. This section seems closer to following the musical rules for a suite than any other on this disk.

Decca had the good sense to return the Bernard Herrmann-conducted Hitchcock scores to circulation, so maybe they will do the same with this miraculous disk. Again, the notes are nothing to write home about, but even with that considered no lover of film music or the music of Bernard Herrmann can consider their library complete without this disk.

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Isaac Hayes' superb Polydor debut now on CD.

New Horizon
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Manufacturer: Hip-O Select
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Don't Take Your Love Away
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Product Description

Isaac Hayes' path to stardom began as keyboardist for the legendary Stax Records house band in Memphis, where he can be heard backing the likes of Otis Redding. He continued his career arc as a writer and producer, notably for Sam & Dave with the smash hits "Hold On, I'm Comin'" and "Soul Man." As a solo artist on Staxs Enterprise imprint, Ike broke soul and pop boundaries, setting strings against a funky bottom in extended grooves. With the score for the movie Shaft, and later movie roles, he became an icon of love, black strength and gangsta cool. Accordingly, Hayes was inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2002. For his debut album on Polydor, Hayes moved his operation from his beloved Memphis to Atlanta hence the LP title. He extended his grooves and moods even further, bringing in the renowned engineer-producer Tom Moulton to mix the album. Ikes suave/swinger persona was strongly evident in "Moonlight Lovin' (Ménage á Trois)," which clearly put him at the front of the make-out music line. And for this Select Direct edition, we discovered Moultons original uncut version of the song its made for lovin at a full six minutes longer than what was on the 1977 LP release. The album also features two of Ikes greatest ballads, Its Heaven To Me and Dont Take Your Love Away.

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Isaac Hayes' superb Polydor debut now on CD........2007-04-15

After a somewhat successful stint on ABC Records, Isaac Hayes signed with Polydor and "New Horizon" was his label debut for the latter label. The big hit single "Moonlight Lovin' (Menage A Trois)" was an upbeat ballad that was equally good for both dancing and romancing (without actually being a "Disco" track per se)--the Tom Moulton-remixed version featured on this CD is quite longer than the one on the original LP. On the other hand, the stunningly-gorgeous ballad "It's Heaven To Me" is one of Isaac's most emotive but underrated songs. In all, "New Horizon" is a great late-'70s R&B album which should be in your CD collection.

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An Evening With Dando Shaft
Dando Shaft
Manufacturer: Edsel Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Folk | Imports | Stores | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00005Q62Z
Release Date: 2001-10-01

Tracks:

Rain
Cold Wind
September Wine
Cat Song
In The Country
Drops Of Brandy
End Of The Game
Lazily, Slowly

Album Description

First time reissue for long-lost 1970's UK folk-rock gem, like a mixture of Nick Drake & acoustic Led Zeppelin. Features Martin Jenkins who later played with Bert Jansch. Includes full lyrics and sleevenotes.

Shaft: Music From And Inspired By (2000 Film)[EDITED]

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The sound is back
CAN YA DIG IT?

Shaft: Music From And Inspired By (2000 Film)[EDITED]
Various Artists - Soundtracks , and Isaac Hayes
Manufacturer: La Face
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

General | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

2000s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00004TDZS
Release Date: 2000-06-13

Tracks:

Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes
Bad Man - R. Kelly
Up and Outta Here - R. Kelly
Do What I Gotta Do - Donell Jones
Rock Wit U - Alicia Keys
We Servin' - Big Gipp
Tough Guy - OutKast, UGK
2 Glock 9's - Beanie Sigel,
Summer Rain - Carl Thomas
Automatic - Backbone, Big Rube, Sleepy Brown
Pimp Sh*t - Too Short
Cheatin' - Liberty City
Fix Me - Eve, Jadakiss, Parl
How You Want It? - Mil
Ain't Gonna See Tomorrow - Mystikal
My Lovin' Will Give You Something - Angie Stone
Serenata Negra - Fulanito

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The sound is back.......2000-06-21

The sound of the seventies is back. Brings the listener back to the days of bell bottoms and platform shoes.

CAN YA DIG IT?.......2000-06-19

I've heard the entire album on the net, and I think that it has really great songs, such as "Bad Man" by R. Kelly, Theme from shaft and many more. It really reflects back onto R&B and the whole soul prospect. Many of the songs have a 70's soul beat to them (From when the original was released). This is a must buy CD for those Soul people out there, because THEY SAY THIS SHAFT IS A BAD MOTHA...shut yo mouth! CAN YA DIG IT?

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Are You Man Enough?

Shaft in Africa
Original Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Hip-O Select
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music

General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music

Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000BJ1QNA
Release Date: 2006-08-01

Product Description

The way the film was billed was "The Brother Man In The Motherland." And that may be about as much as you really need to know about the plot of Shaft In Africa, the movie. This was the third and final outing for Richard Roundtree as the blaxploitation hero John Shaft, and the beginning of a 27-year hiatus for the character, who returned in 2000 with Samuel L. Jackson in the title role (although Roundtree made an appearance as "Uncle John" Shaft in that film). Score composer Johnny Pate had had some small chart success back in 1958 with his Johnny Pate Quintet's "Swinging Shepherd Blues," which grazed the Top 20 of the R&B charts. Pate also collaborated with the Impressions (as arranger) for a string of hits in the early Sixties, which led to an A&R gig at ABC-Paramount. The signature tune from the movie, "Are You Man Enough," was performed by the Four Tops, who had recently exited their long-term relationship with Motown and had signed to ABC. It captures the flavor of the film magnificently, with classic blaxploitation lyrics such as "Are you man enough/Big and bad enough/Are you gonna let 'em shoot you down?" Two minutes and twelve seconds of pop perfection, that.

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Are You Man Enough?.......2006-02-08

One of the toughest soundtracks to come from the early '70s' Black action cinema movement. The core of the soundtrack is The Tops' "Are You Man Enough"; here, Levi isn't beggin' for her to come back, but for you to come correct. The magnificent Johnny Pate fleshes out the album with his score, with the opening track "You Can't Even Walk In The Park" one of the most blistering jazz funk soundtrack cuts around.

The mini-LP jacket is a nice reminder of why we bought records - the feel of the jacket in your hands, the artwork, slipping the inner sleeve out, putting the record on, and getting lost in the album for about 40 minutes. Right on, right on.

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